Storm reports for July 22, 2008

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On July 22, 2008, 216 hail, 356 damaging-wind and 2 tornado reports were logged across 28 states. The largest hail reported was 2.75″ (baseball size) in Custer County, SD.

Storm day runs 7 a.m. to 7 a.m. Eastern (12:00–12:00 UTC), the convention the Storm Prediction Center uses. Radar hail estimates start October 2019.

Storm reports by state

Cities with hail reported within 5 miles

Hail reports (216)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $6.6 million in property damage, $32,000 in crop damage and 6 injuries from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (574 events in 28 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Sedgwick County, KS (near Valley Center) · Thunderstorm wind 75 mph · $250,000 · 2 injuries
  “An isolated thunderstorm produced severe downburst winds along with hail up to quarter size along and near Interstate 135 roughly between 109th Street and 101st Street. Four semis traveling on the interstate were blown over, blocking traffic for several hours.”
• Putnam County, TN (near Cookeville) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $10,000 · 1 injury
  “A tree fell on a car injuring one person at the intersection of Burgess Falls road and River Rd.”
• Randolph County, AL (near Roanoke Muni Arpt) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $5,000 · 1 injury
  “The top of a pine tree fell on a mobile home, and injured one person who was taken to the hospital.”
• Teton County, WY (near Jenny Lake) · Hail 1.00″ · 1 injury
  “Nickel to quarter sized hail accumulated to a depth of three to four inches at Jenny Lake in Grand Teton National Park. One person received lacerations and several other people had welts.”
• Teton County, WY (near Alta) · Hail 0.88″ · 1 injury
  “A cooperative observer near Alta observed nickel sized hail.”
• Gwinnett County, GA (near Dacula) · Hail 1.75″ · $2 million
  “Local Atlanta television stations relayed a report of golf ball-sized hail in the Dacula area. Several reports of penny-sized hail were received from the public in the Dacula area. The hail lasted several minutes at some locations.”

Event narratives from NWS Storm Data, shortened. Up to six per day, chosen by deaths, injuries, damage and size.

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Storm Events Database, as entered by National Weather Service offices; data through July 31, 2026. Damage is in dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation.

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